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BOOK 8 FACE 2 "North Carolina, Lee County To the Tax Collector of Lee County: You are hereby authorized, empowered and commanded to collect the taxes set forth in the tax books, filed in the office of the Tax Supervisor and in the tax receipts herewith delivered to you, in the amounts and from the taxpayers likewise therein set forth, and such taxes are hereby declared to be a first lien on all real property of the respective taxpayers in Lee County, and this order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct, require and enable you to levy on and sell any real or personal property of such taxpayers, for and on account thereof, in accordance with law. Witness my. hand and official seal, this 7th day of September, 1971. Franklin D. Wicker (SEAL) Chairman, Board of Gmrdssioners Attest: Kenneth R. Hoyle Clerk of Board " The County Attorney brought to the Board's attention the fact that a hearing would be held in the Bankruptcy Court on September 15, 1971, for an order distributing the funds received by the Trustee for Roberts Company for sale of land in the widening of U. S. Highway 421. The Board authorized and directed the County Attorney to attend the meeting and to request that all of the funds received be paid to the County to apply upon its tax claims in accordance with the priority afforded by the Bankruptcy Laws. The monthly bills as listed by the County Accountant and supported by purchase invoices were presented to the Board and upon motion of Commissioner Cooper, duly seconded and unanimously adopted, it was resolved to authorize the payment of said bills. The Clerk reported to the Board that the bond order entitled "Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $50, 000 Sanitary Landfill Bonds of the County of Lee, which had been introduced at the meeting of the Board held on August 16, 1971, had been published in the Sanford Daily Herald, with notice that the Board of Commissioners would hold a public hearing thereon on September 7, 1971, at 10 o'clock A. M. Commissioner White moved that the Board proceed to hold a public hearing on the Bond Order. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, and was unanimously adopted. At 10 o'clock A. M., the Chairman announced that the Board would hear any citizen or taxpayer who desired to be heard with respect to the bond order. At the direction of the Chairman, the Clerk read the bond order and the published not- ice of hearing. After the Board had heard all persons who requested to be heard, Commissioner White moved that the public hearing be closed. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker and was unanimously adopted. - 2 -